RC Passage-24

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Literature and History are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, History and Literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the History and the Literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and formed a great humanistic education. Today the study both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent the vacuum has been filled by a more correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

CDS RC: Passage-4

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Question 1

Which of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?

A

Literature and History are mutually exclusive

B

Literature and History are complementary to each other

C

The study of Literature is meaningless without any knowledge of History

D

Literature and History are inseparably linked together in the classics and the Bible

Question 1 Explanation:

In the first line the author makes the statement that literature and history are like twin sisters i.e. they are complementary.

Question 2

The author of the above passage says that in the past the basis of education for all people, irrespective of their intellectual calibre was

A

Greek and Roman classics

B

the Bible

C

a correct knowledge of history

D

a wider range of literature

Question 2 Explanation:

In the second line the author states that the bible was the basis of education for previous generations.

Question 3

The author of the above passage says that the classics and the Bible were read by his ancestors

A

methodically and with discretion

B

in a manner that broadened their view of life

C

with great emphasis on their literary values

D

without critical discrimination but in the light of their humanistic culture

Question 3 Explanation:

It is described in the passage that our ancestors used to read the classics and bible uncritically.

Question 4

According to the author of the above passage, the old form of education, based on the study of the classics and of the Bible, has

A

succeeded in creating interest in history

B

laid the basis of human civilization

C

had a gradual decline in our time

D

been rejuvenated in the context of modern education

Question 4 Explanation:

In the passage it is stated that the use of bible and classics have today dwindled to small proportions.

Question 5

The author of the above passage fears that the greater part of the vacuum created by lack ofinterest in the classics and the Bible has been filled up by

A

a richer sense of history

B

a wider range of literature

C

worthless ideas

D

a new philosophy of life

Question 5 Explanation:

In the last line of the passage the author fears that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish. The closest option to put across that emotion is option (c), worthless ideas.

Question 6

What does the word ‘dwindled’ mean in context of the passage?

A

To shrink

B

to establish

C

Horrendous

D

Irate

Question 6 Explanation:

The correct answer is option (a), to shrink.

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